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Bug#235759: Bug#228486: No mention of german quotes in release-notes yet



Hello,
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:38:45AM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de> [2005-01-03 12:00]:
> > > So, I object to add this uncertain issue to the release note.  Rob,
> > > I'm sorry not to reply this request quickly, but I think we should
> > > remove it from the release announcement.
> > 
> > I ask for the re-inclusion, being backed up by the german translation
> > team, including several developers.
> > 
> > I CC:ed Martin Michlmayr as he has not participated in the
> > discussion so far (hence being neutral) to ask him to help find a
> > solution about this note in the release notes.
> 
> I didn't have any plans to join this discussion and I'm not sure what
> I can add.  FWIW, I exclusively use an English locale.  Anyway, I've

maybe I have been imprecise. I did not intend you to offer an opinion
on the issue itself, but rather help the currently stuck positions get
unstuck, i.e., moderate between GOTO and this list (or maybe you know
someone who can moderate).

> read through the whole bug log now.  I personally agree that these
> quotation marks are quite ugly and I don't see why the release notes
> shouldn't mention this.  However, they should take GOTO Masanori's
> objections into account.  Why cannot the release notes say that the
> current style in non-UTF8 is ugly and that there is a discussion going
> on about how they will be presented in the future?  I think that would
> take both sides into account.

GOTO, if we add something along these lines, would this be acceptable
to you?

Greetings

         Helge
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